State of the Internet / Research Report | Gaming in a Pandemic | Akamai Welcome to the second edition of SOTI Research. In this edition, we look at the attacks and trends in the gaming industry during 2020. It was a volatile year, and we’re not just speaking about the pandemic. Web attacks targeting the […]
Not all world records are cause for celebration—just look at the DDoS attack numbers from 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive shift in internet usage, cybercriminals quickly pounced, launching more than 10 million DDoS attacks aimed at crippling targets with a heavy reliance on online services. Attack frequency spiked 20 percent year over
Cyber warfare is not a new concept, it’s just a new medium. It’s a kind of military operation targeting enemy infrastructure and communications, which involves cleverly thought out strategies to outwit the opponent, and firepower to improve the chances of successfully taking down the targets. Resembling real-life military operations where a cover-up is put into
Quarterly Focus In March and April, we recorded the most unusual increase in DDoS attacks ever. Compared with 2019 Q1, YoY, the number of attacks increased by 278.17%, and QoQ increased by 542.46%. Q1 is generally considered the “off season” for DDoS attacks and hence it is rather unusual to observe such behaviour during this
Letter from the Editor — Gaming We’re gamers too. Whether it’s digging for diamonds in a virtual sandbox, playing the role of a hero in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), or looking for the perfect place to set up an ambush in a first-person shooter (FPS), gaming is how many of us let
LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY WARNING SIGNS AND THE TOOLS FOR MITIGATION The IT industry has seen a major increase of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks over the past several years. The December 2019 New Orleans cyberattack is such an example: This attack combined a classic ransomware deployment with a DDoS attack. The DDoS upward
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